wifi: cfg80211: validate rx/tx MLME callback frame lengths before access

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-93805
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-24 17:17:13 UTC
Updated2026-10-03 11:17:50 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: validate rx/tx MLME callback frame lengths before access cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt() and cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt() call tracepoints before rejecting frames shorter than the frame-control field. After that, they only require len >= 2 before dispatching into subtype handlers that assume their fixed fields are present. The frames that trip this are not shorter than 2 bytes; they are short relative to their subtype. mwifiex is a concrete in-tree example on the length side: mwifiex_process_mgmt_packet() only requires a 4-address ieee80211_hdr plus the 2-byte firmware length prefix before handing the frame to cfg80211_rx_mlme_mgmt(). After stripping the length prefix and removing addr4, pkt_len can be exactly 24: a bare 3-address management header with no reason-code body. The existing WARN_ON(len < 2) does not fire on such a frame, and cfg80211_process_deauth() then reads u.deauth.reason_code as a two-byte access starting at offset 24, immediately past the 24-byte buffer. Add a frame-control length gate, then validate each subtype's minimum frame size in an if/else-if chain that mirrors the dispatch logic. Trace only after the frame is known to be well-formed. Side effects of this change: - The WARN_ON(len < 2) is dropped. It only guarded the frame_control read, never the subtype fixed fields, and it does not fire on the frames that actually trigger the out-of-bounds read (which are >= 2). The len >= 2 check is kept as the guard before dereferencing frame_control, but without the warning: these are exported callbacks and a malformed frame from a driver should be dropped silently rather than backtraced. - cfg80211_tx_mlme_mgmt() previously routed every non-deauth subtype through disassociation handling; it now silently ignores unrecognised subtypes.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.001730000 probability, percentile 0.060190000 (date 2026-10-05)

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 6829c878ecd24ff0ae41b4668c7e9d0f11b66942 6eb4bd50be53f5afbabb3a3b5153276e08fa7a4a git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6829c878ecd24ff0ae41b4668c7e9d0f11b66942 ce2a3be6909462f49c34de96be71f0ad5f0d573f git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6829c878ecd24ff0ae41b4668c7e9d0f11b66942 6bdf4dcff98df634e04ebf99f52027a48d7f78ff git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6829c878ecd24ff0ae41b4668c7e9d0f11b66942 0ec738a0d361d7eb37188117166d201f9df622d3 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6829c878ecd24ff0ae41b4668c7e9d0f11b66942 8f4127a93cf60d561ad39849a9ac763ba0e14db5 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6829c878ecd24ff0ae41b4668c7e9d0f11b66942 d5e4586546974179feca305a94e07fac3e9727fe git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 2.6.32 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 2.6.32 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.15.222 5.15.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.1.189 6.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.6.158 6.6.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.12.111 6.12.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.53 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.2 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce2a3be6909462f49c34de96be71f0ad5f0d573f 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5e4586546974179feca305a94e07fac3e9727fe 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/6eb4bd50be53f5afbabb3a3b5153276e08fa7a4a 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bdf4dcff98df634e04ebf99f52027a48d7f78ff 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ec738a0d361d7eb37188117166d201f9df622d3 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f4127a93cf60d561ad39849a9ac763ba0e14db5 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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